On May 8, 2002, Arsenal won 1-0 at Manchester United to add the Premier League title to the FA Cup they had won four days previously. It was their second Double in five years.
When it comes to ranking Arsène Wenger’s best ever Arsenal teams, the Invincibles of 2003-04 are in a league of their own.
To go a full Premier League season unbeaten was a simply incredible achievement which may never be done again in our lifetimes. And to win the title at Tottenham…well, that’s something no Arsenal fan will ever forget.
The 1997-98 side that won the double in Wenger’s first full campaign in charge is revered almost as much, but what about the other double-winning team of 2001-02?
If only to remember Kanu’s jump over Sylvain Wiltord, that season deserves greater celebration.
That, of course, came after Wiltord’s goal at Old Trafford to secure the title. It can’t quite compare to doing it at White Hart Lane, but it’s not a bad second best.
🎂 – Happy Birthday Sylvain Wiltord.
Look at him winning the league for Arsenal at Old Trafford.
Look at Kanu jumping over his head. pic.twitter.com/AYs3zIwDST
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) May 10, 2018
Four days prior to that, Arsenal had won the FA Cup with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley, providing supporters with ammunition to mercilessly and justifiably rib Tim Lovejoy forever more: “It’s alright, it’s only Ray Parlour.”
You see, for so many reasons, the 2001-02 season was brilliant.
That week in which the Gunners sealed the double was the culmination of what, looking back, was a transitional point in Wenger’s Arsenal.
Sylvinho had been sold to Celta Vigo in the summer amid talk of a dodgy passport, allowing Ashley Cole to establish himself as undisputed first choice at left-back, while Tony Adams and Lee Dixon were fazed out in their last seasons before retiring and being replaced in the team by Lauren and Sol Campbell, signed on a free transfer from Spurs.
Come February,…
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